Mark Leonard* – Project Syndicate Contrary to how it may appear to many, not least in the US, the new cold war seems to be based not on the old logic of polarization, but on a new logic of fragmentation. Judging by the growth of the BRICS group of major emerging economies…
By Anthony J. Constantini* – POLITICO Seeking to become the first populist-right leader to forge a genuine Pan-European alliance, the Italian prime minister could change the game in Brussels.
By Newsroom – Modern Diplomacy West seems to be sick and tired of Ukraine war. “The reality is that the Biden administration’s Ukraine strategy is increasingly being tested by political, policy and resource constraints,” writes ‘Defence News’. In the weeks and months after…
By Allison Anderman* – Opinion, Newsweek The gun industry and the extremist politicians it supports have long fanned the flames of hate-based, radical ideologies. At the same time, firearms manufacturers oppose laws that would keep dangerous, radicalized individuals from…
Sachs* – The New World Economy China’s economy is slowing down. Current forecasts put China’s GDP growth in 2023 at less than 5%, below the forecasts made last year and far below the high growth rates that China enjoyed until the late 2010s. The Western press is filled with…
By Binoy Kampmark*– CounterPunch website We know what the regime is like. Starving a country, bombing its hospitals and strafing its schools has been minor fare for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The population of Yemen has found this out to their…
By Sarang Shidore* – Foreign Affairs Realism, Not Moralism, Drives a New Critique of Western Power Russia’s war in Ukraine has reminded Western observers that a world exists outside the great powers and their core allies. This world, predominantly comprising countries in Africa…
By David Bromwich* – Common Dreams Wars and their escalation—the mass destruction of human life that is almost invariably accompanied by destruction of the natural world—happen because preparations for war bring leaders ever closer to the brink. A new war, a new alibi.
By Patrick Lawrence* – ScheerPost The Biden regime’s robotic procession to Beijing proceeds apace. Following Antony Blinken’s fruitless visit in mid–June, we have paid Janet Yellen’s airfare for another fruitless visit, and following Yellen it was the same for John Kerry.
By Cesar Chelala* – CounterPunch website One important unintended consequence of the Israeli government’s recent decision to control the judicial system in the country has been increased criticism of its policies towards the Palestinians and the occupation of Palestinian land…
